During this NEW event, you can choose from eight different sessions specifically designed for those in business and industry. Customize your agenda to fit your schedule and walk away with an understanding of the current issues and latest trends impacting your organizations.
DESIGNED FOR
Accountants, controllers, internal auditors, and other management-level accounting personnel.
HIGHLIGHTS
APRIL 28, 2016
8:00-8:30am - Registration & Continental Breakfast
8:30am-12:00pm (select one)
| New FASB Developments for Business & Industry (AA) |
Risk, Cost and Cash Management for Controllers & Financial Managers (MT)
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| Jeffrey Lieman, CPA |
Curtis Quickel, CPA |
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CPAs in business and industry will benefit from this overview of new and recent FASB pronouncements. Gain expertise from a high-level approach to financial reporting issues backed by detailed descriptions and examples of the implementation of new standards. This training session guides you in assessing recent FASB guidance that has a major effect on all industries and provides you with an understanding of the latest pronouncements and exposure documents so that you are able to develop implementation strategies.
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When an organization fails, it is usually due to several factors. These often result from a number of undetected, poor practices that infect and grow throughout the entire organization. They can include a lack of understanding of costs, poor asset allocation, systems that support the status quo, failure to identify risk, tunnel vision by management, and so on. This course demonstrates the use of practices and techniques specifically designed to assist CPAs and other financial professionals in adding value to their company through improved decision-making, cost management, understanding business cycles, managing continuous improvements, cash management, and risk management. |
12:00-1:00pm - Lunch
1:00-4:30pm (select one)
| Interpreting the New Revenue Recognition Standard: What All CPAs Need to Know (AA) |
Analyzing a Company's Financial Statement (AA) |
| Jeffrey Lieman, CPA |
Curtis Quickel, CPA |
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The new accounting standard for revenue recognition has finally been released! With the issuance of FASB ASU No. 2014-09, Revenue from Contracts with Customers, FASB has completed a convergence project with the IASB to improve financial reporting by creating common revenue recognition guidance for U.S. GAAP and IFRS.
This course will provide you with an in-depth understanding of the framework for revenue recognition built around the core principle that is applied in a five step process.
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More and more, clients are turning to you for advice on financial performance. Are you ready? This course presents the financial statements as a set of dynamic instruments that can be used for accurate, relevant, and timely financial decisions. Focus on the economic and financial conditions that caused the statements to change and discover how businesses can manage liquidity, debt, and profitability. Plus, explore effect ratios, causal ratios, pro forma analysis, sustainable growth, and much more. |
APRIL 29, 2016
8:00-8:30am - Registration & Continental Breakfast
8:30am-12:00pm (select one)
| Purchasing, Inventory & Cash Disbursements - Common Frauds and Internal Controls (AA) |
Controller's Update: Latest Trends (MT)
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| Jeffrey Lieman, CPA |
Curtis Quickel, CPA |
| Purchasing and cash disbursements are common targets for fraud in any entity's environment. Today, many practitioners, auditors and management in industry are aware of the criticality of adequate internal controls, but may be uncertain whether existing controls in their organizations are adequate. It is important to understand common frauds and internal controls over the purchasing and cash disbursement cycle. This course also emphasizes smaller businesses and not-for-profit entities in addition where cost/benefit analysis is extremely important and fraud is more likely to occur. Learn how to analyze existing controls and consider or implement new controls to more effectively and efficiently address the needs of your organization. |
Strengthen your abilities as a controller and help your management team understand current economic issues through the latest trends in accounting, finance, human resources, treasury management, and business systems. In this course you will discuss leading-edge topics in managerial accounting and finance in a session that is packed with useful tops and practical guidance that you can apply immediately. |
12:00-1:00pm - Lunch
1:00-4:30pm (select one)
| Fraud and Cash Receipts: Common Frauds and Internal Controls (AA) |
Analyzing Costs, Productivity and Efficiency: Three Ways to Boost your Bottom Line (MT) |
| Jeffrey Lieman, CPA |
Curtis Quickel, CPA |
| Revenue and cash receipts are two critical areas that require strong controls to prevent intentional fraud or unintentional misstatements. While there is well-publicized fraud in these areas in larger companies, it also occurs, and can even be more likely to occur, in smaller businesses and not-for-profit entities. A sound system of internal controls is needed to help prevent fraudulent activities and reporting related to the revenue and cash receipts cycle. It is crucial that an internal control system is tailored to the unique needs of each organization with a dedicated focus on areas posing the greatest risk; this course is designed to help you to this. |
This hands-on workshop gives you specific ways to directly impact your organization's bottom line. These proven techniques for plugging the most-overlooked profit leaks come from specific strategies for lowering costs, improving productivity, and gaining efficiencies. Explore the different methods in-depth, see how easy they are to implement and what huge impact they can have on the bottom line. Each tool or strategy is one to pass on to clients and co-workers. |
COURSE LEVEL
Basic